Empale
Empale , transitive verb
[Prefix em- (Latin in) + pale: compare Old French empalir.]
To make pale. [Obsolete]
No bloodless malady empales their face.
Empale , transitive verb
[Old French empaler to palisade, pierce, French empaler to punish by empalement; pref. em- (Latin in) + Old French & French pal a pale, stake. See Pale a stake, and compare Impale.]
1.
To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes for defense; to impale.
All that dwell near enemies empale villages, to save themselves from surprise.
2.
To inclose; to surround. See Impale.
3.
To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.
4.
(Heraldry) Same as Impale.